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‘So now we know,’ said Archchancellor Rincewind. ‘We’ve got to keep you just drunk enough so that Dibbler’s pies sound tasty, but not so drunk that it causes lasting brain damage.’ ‘That’s a very narrow window we’ve got there,’ said the Dean.

-- Terry Pratchett - The Last Continent

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I'm re-reading the Discworld series for reasons, and honestly the most relatable part of reading these as an adult is how many of the protagonists start out being tired, used to their little routine and vaguely disgruntled by the interruption of the Plot. Sam Vimes wants to lie drunk in a gutter and absolutely doesn't want to be arresting dragons. Rincewind is yanked into every situation he's ever encountered, though he'd much rather be lying in a gutter too. (Minus the alcohol. Plus regretting everything he's ever done said witnessed or even heard about fourth-hand in his whole life.) Granny Weatherwax is deeply suspicious of foreign parts and that includes the next town over; Nanny has leaned into the armor of "nothing ever happens to jolly grannies who terrorize their daughters-in-law and make Saucy Jokes"

Only the young people don't seem to have picked up on this---and that's fortunate, because someone has to run around making things happen, if only so Vimes and Granny and Rincewind have a reason to get up (complaining bitterly the whole time) and put it all to rights. Without Carrot, Margrat, Eric, etc. these characters don't have that reason; they're likely to stay in the metaphorical gutter and keep wondering where it all went wrong or why anything has to change.

............well, that's not quite true. You get the sense that Vetinari knows how much certain people hate the Plot. And as the person sitting behind the metaphorical lighting board of Ankh-Morpork, he takes no small pleasure in forcing the Plot-haters specifically to stand up, and say some lines.

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Guards! Guards!

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Rincewind is living in a horror thriller book while Twoflower is living in an adventure/found family book.

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I wanted to draw all his official designs

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Gandalf's big naturals this, Gandalf's big naturals that, what about Rincewind's big naturals, huh?

#boobs would slow him down #maybe in ua for footeball protection he would try to grow a set #but they wouldnt b naturals at that point #perhaps its an igor service?

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Sometimes a family is:

a boy/girl/ozzer, a vampire, a troll, a lesbian, an arsonist lesbian, a teen mom, a blouse, an Igor, a religious fanatic haunted by the ghost of a dead dutches, and their trans Dad

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✨Postmaster✨

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Eight books later into this wonderful series and I still can't stop thinking about how well Twoflower and Rincewind know each other at the end of The Light Fantastic.

Rincewind knowing exactly when Twoflower is going to go on about how "quaint" and "beautiful" a place is and thus being able to stop him before Twoflower starts talking!

Twoflower knowing exactly when Rincewind is going to be a sarcastic little bitch and thus also being able to stop him before Rincewing starts talking!

And it all peaking with Twoflower exactly knowing what to say to Rincewind in the finale of The Light Fantastic (spoilers!), with Rincewind dangling above certain death and Twoflower holding on to him, Rincewind loosing all hope and Twoflower just straight up sassing him into not giving up!!!

And these are just the moments I can think of off the top of my head!

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Grim Squeaker

A heavily Discworld inspired commision made for my good buddy, Grimrat!

I'm still rather chuffed with this one despite it being a year or so old now, and its interesting for how the lineart was pencil and ink scanned in, and the paint was digital.

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"He gasped as Vimes shot him a glance like sunlight." i think about this quote once every few hours. cause like. sunlight. he shot him a glance like SUNLIGHT. which is often associated with warmth but in this context is the opposite. because sunlight can also fucking hurt and it can blind you. it can scorch you. just like sam vimes, who is kind when he wishes to be but absolutely VICIOUS when he's angry. god.

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FEET OF CLAY VS THE FIFTH ELEPHANT.....

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not a humorous injury!!!

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“There were two signs of a good alchemist: the Athletic and the Intellectual. A good alchemist of the first sort was someone who could leap over the bench and be on the far side of a safely thick wall in three seconds, and a good alchemist of the second sort was someone who knew exactly when to do this.”

— Terry Pratchett - Feet Of Clay

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“What a nasty suspicious mind you have, Vimes.”

“Thank you, sir.”

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